Are animal burrows a major sedimentary sink for metals?

Ichnos:an International Journal of Plant and Animal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 144-146

  Konhauser, Kurt O ^a   Gingras, Murray K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURROW; ICHNOLOGY; METAL; SEDIMENT BUDGET;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80052410529     PISSN: 10420940     EISSN: 15635236     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10420940.2011.606517     Document Type: Article

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